Name: Professional Chocolate Showpiece & Confection
Price: 1025.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

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Location:: Callebaut Chocolate Academy Canada
Date:: 27 Jan 2026 - 29 Jan 2026
Duration:: 3 days
Primary course language:: English
Price:: 1025.00 CAD
Segment:: Bakery & Pastry

Chocolate Confectionery
Class size:: 12

We are thrilled to welcome the internationally renowned pastry chef and Chocolatier Lawrence Bobo to our academy!

Lawrence has forged a great name for himself in the area of chocolate showpieces. His unique style sees Lawrence create fantastic showpieces with minimal use of moulds and equipment making this accessible to all. His unique style breaks away from the traditional showpiece and allows you the freedom to be creative when designing your own bespoke showpieces.

In this advanced course, you will explore the world of building showpieces that is ideal for chefs with a desire to compete or take their artistic skills to the next level. Chef Lawrence will share his knowledge and craftsmanship with a beautiful showpiece design showcasing some of his signature techniques. Chef Lawrence will demonstrate the application and then students will replicate and construct their own sculpture based on Chef Lawrence's display and theme. This class will also be immersed in chocolate through a variety of confections, carving, shaping, casting & building a showpiece to showcase your bonbons.

After Dec 31st, the price will be 1200$

Lawrence’s chocolate showpiece master class will teach you a whole host of skills and techniques from scratch including:

How to design and balance a completion showpiece
Casting the structural base elements of the showpiece
Sculpting and modeling chocolate
Explanation of how chocolate and cocoa butters work in different environments and application
Spraying cocoa butter colours to create different effects
Polishing and finishing the different elements of the show piece to achieve a completion standard.
Most importantly after spending all those hours creating the show piece, he will show you how you transport it to the competition or to a customer.

The course includes:
All course materials and recipe booklet
Lunch and Refreshments
An Apron
A signed Chocolate Academy certificate
Note: Accommodation not included
What to wear: You will be in a professional working environment so will need to wear comfortable working clothes (long trousers) and covered, closed toe shoes.
Please note: Jewellery (including watches) and nail varnish to be removed for the duration of the course.
Duration - day 1 & 2: 9 am - 5pm, day 3 9am - 4pm
Your course place is not secured until full payment has been received.

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General Class Information

Class size is from 8 to 12 people.
Class is from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm- You will receive an email confirmation prior to course date.
Breaksfast , Lunch & apron will be provided.
You must attend the full course in order to receive your certificate.

Tuiton Fees Include

Course Recipe Booklet
Breakfast & Lunch (should you have any allergies or food restrictions, please advise us)
Apron & kitchen tools

Upon registration you will receive an email regading course details to ensure you have enrolled in the correct Master Class based on your level of chocolate (or pastry) knowledge.

In the event of a cancellation by the Academy, we will refund only the amount of the course but, not the travel or the accommodation (see below the cancellation policy).

DRESS CODE

The CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center will provide an apron and hair net.

You must bring your own chef coat. Pants (jeans or solid color wear).

Socks and closed shoes are required to enter in the kitchen-lab.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancel less than 15 days and you will not receive a credit or any form of refund.
Cancel between 15-45 days and you will receive a credit voucher of 50% towards a future class.
Cancel before 45 days and you will receive a full credit voucher of 100% towards a future class.